Zhou Shaoming clearly knows that the reason why "300" in the previous life was so popular is because the battle itself is very famous in the memory of Western audiences.

The understanding of "borrowing arrows" and "flooding seven armies".

As for the second point, it is because the dark comic style approach used in the movie itself is unique, which shocked the world and greatly attracted the attention of movie fans.

Zack Snyder, the great director of the time, followed the original novel and used dark comic-style techniques to perfectly present the brutal and bloody Battle of Thermopylae on the big screen. This was something that many directors could not have imagined or dared to do.

The technique used, after all, this technique, if the camera control is strong, will naturally be a new continent in the history of film, once again creating a new path for world cinema, bringing green cloth technology visual special effects films to the world.

But if the imagination is not rich enough and the camera language and actor skills cannot be mastered, it is very likely that the tiger will be turned into a dog, which will attract a lot of criticism and the box office will definitely fail.

As a person who has traveled through time, Zhou Shaoming is not afraid of such risks. Whether it is 300 Spartans or later Sin City, he has won by relying on a special style that is very different from other movies. This is it

The biggest selling point is also the direction that must be adhered to.

What's more, now his box office appeal is irresistible to movie fans across the United States!

At this moment, Zhou Shaoming watched his three hundred slowly come to the world. He was happy and had enough reasons to believe that as long as no big mistakes were made, the Spartan warriors could at least reach the standards of their previous lives, and even...

Even more popular than in the previous life!

Director Smith Chow's fifth film is about to be released, and with the tyranny and ability of the current-level director at the peak of his power, coupled with his extremely rigorous work attitude, the success of Spartan 300 can be expected!

After explaining the general background setup to the two special effects producers in detail, Zhou Shaoming stood aside, crossed his arms, tilted his head and watched the two people's work seriously.

In fact, for a complete movie, visual effects are just one key point in post-production. The movie also includes editing and soundtrack, etc. However, these two issues are not difficult for Zhou Shaoming.

Yes, because many things can be based on the previous version of the 300 Spartans, with only slight improvements. Supernova Pictures has a lot of professionals working hard and preparing to amaze the world.

Only this visual special effect requires real production, and it is much more difficult than in 2005.

Narrowing his eyes, Zhou Shaoming lit a cigar. While puffing away a puff of smoke, he watched the two people desperately typing on the keyboard and manipulating the mouse. Zhou Shaoming humbly learned from the side. If he didn't understand anything, he would ask the side to accompany him.

ILM staff asked.

As a director, he can be unprofessional in some aspects, but at least he needs to know something about all aspects of the film.

At this time, both of them were thinking of comparing themselves, and quickly switched the computer screen to render it in a dark comic style.

Although the two people have different opinions, they both follow a fixed set of color values ​​in actual production. All elements are guaranteed to be 32-bit, avoiding any aliasing, because not only the Industrial Light & Magic and Supernova teams, but also four or five companies

Visual effects companies are working hard to turn film stock into movies.

The benefits of doing this are obvious. Standardized operations will not make mistakes happen.

The grain value of the CG grain that matches the film material is set to a suitable point, and then each shot is carefully adjusted.

Frame after frame, the visual effects of the movie are so complex and troublesome.

Because they just removed the background behind them. This job was very simple. Soon the two of them replaced the shooting scenes with stage play-like backgrounds. This made the characters seem very different, as if the center of the entire movie was

On these Spartan warriors.

After the rough background was sketched, the characters without special effects processing looked monotonous, so at this time, George also began to perform 3D special effects processing on the characters.

Zhou Shaoming was right next to him, so George asked directly: "Boss, in terms of fighting special effects, what kind of effects do you need?"

Zhou Shaoming thought for a while, stared at the Spartan warriors on the screen and said: "I need perfect Spartan warriors. They have experienced hundreds of battles and are invincible, so the effect I want is to try to bring out the bravery of the Spartan warriors.

Highlight it.”

"How should we handle it? Boss, I'm not a director. I can only create effects for you, but I can't figure out how to arrange the scene." George looked at Zhou Shaoming helplessly and said.

There are specialties in the art industry, which is why there are so many departments in the crew. Zhou Shaoming can easily conceive of a plot, but it is difficult for him to flesh out the whole picture, so he needs to use other people

hand.

Before Zhou Shaoming could speak, Silla patted George on the shoulder and said with a smile: "As a producer, you can't do your job well just by following other people's arrangements. You must have your own ideas.

What I gave the director were more professional suggestions and ideas!”

After hearing this, Zhou Shaoming nodded. Indeed, even a small producer needs some creative thinking.

In this regard, Supernova Pictures' own team cannot match Industrial Light and Magic, a long-established super visual effects company in the industry. However, Zhou Shaoming is not discouraged, but confidently believes that it is only a matter of time before he catches up with it!

Although he also invited Industrial Light and Magic this time, he actually wanted to let his special effects team get used to it in actual combat and be trained as quickly as possible.

Spending money on Industrial Light and Magic is ostensibly to improve Spartan, but in fact it is to allow your company's team to learn from each other's experience in teamwork and achieve better collaboration and cooperation.

You must know that these visual effects artists are all very high-minded and full of personality. They need to have an industry benchmark like Industrial Light and Magic weighing on their heads before they can honestly carry out the first run-in.

In Zhou Shaoming's mind, the exciting scenes of Three Hundred Spartans from the original time and space played:

When the spear, which is full of blood stains and no longer sharp, persists in penetrating the opponent's body, and the blood splashed out when he struggles to die is like the coming of spring, blooming wantonly. And the scimitar cuts through the opponent's body, letting the flesh and blood bloom helplessly, and the head

Soaring into the sky, the lifeless corpses fell heavily to the ground. The sounds of killing and death on the battlefield made ordinary spears and scimitars look like death's scythes howling in the dark abyss.

, more like a murderous weapon that is possessed and attempts to harvest everything.

While thinking about it, Zhou Shaoming explained the scene in his mind to all the design team leaders in detail, and then implemented his thoughts.

"Okay, let's work together and try to do what the boss wants!" Silla quickly assigned the task.

A large group of people began to work hard.

On the screen were Persian warriors fighting Spartan warriors, and the special effects staff quickly made the Spartan warriors' originally sluggish movements smoother.

"Remember, the direction in which the blood spurts out overlaps with the trajectory of the scimitar. Don't obviously slash towards the left, but the blood spurts out towards the right. This is a very childish special effect." Silla reminded.

Soon, the screen was adjusted. This scene was exactly the battle scene of Astino played by Christian. This was also one of the most exciting battle scenes among the 300 Spartan Warriors. After the adjustment, George moved. He moved his body to make some space for Zhou Shaoming to see, and said at the same time: "Boss, come and take a look, this is a picture I captured."

With that said, George clicked the play button, and instantly, the whole screen started to move.

Zhou Shaoming looked at the screen carefully. At this moment, the entire background was rendered yellow-gray. The ground not far away was covered with the corpses of many Persian soldiers. As for the places further away, it was blurry. The environment of yellow sand flying all over the sky makes it difficult to see what is inside, as if there are thousands of troops hidden there. This is the terrain that truly simulates the battlefield.

Although the real battlefield is not such a simple piece of flat land, modifying it like this highlights the dark comic style and gives the audience a more intuitive experience.

The audience does not deliberately imagine what kind of battlefield it is. What Zhou Shaoming needs is for the audience to have no time to think about anything else while watching the film. They just open their eyes wide, excitedly, and don't know. I was so overwhelmed from beginning to end that I was so engrossed in the movie that I even forgot to hold my girlfriend’s hand.

According to the previously filmed scene, Christian's scimitar was dancing rapidly, and a series of attacks fell on the opponent. Compared with the dull gray of the Persian warrior's long sword, Christian's scimitar seemed to be particularly bright and bright. Sharp.

I saw Christian flipping in the air perfectly, his body twisted greatly. When he turned around again, the scimitar had already cut the opponent's body horizontally, and dark red blood spurted out, like a bloody waterfall. sprinkled towards the screen.

After seeing such a scene, Zhou Shaoming took a few puffs of his cigar, but fell into deep thought. Seeing his boss's appearance, Silla asked carefully: "What's wrong, boss, do you think this shot was handled well?" Is it not good?"

After listening to Silla's words, Zhou Shaoming came back to his senses, smiled and said to George: "Very good."

After hearing this, Silla's face clearly showed a happy expression, but surprisingly, Zhou Shaoming had not finished speaking at all.
Chapter completed!